With an unemployment rate of 23.1% in March this year, Jammu and Kashmir featured on the third spot of the unemployment graph as per CMIE. As a consequence, many individuals in Kashmir face underemployment, where they are unable to secure full-time positions or work in fields that match their qualifications.
The year-wise National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports reveal that the number of registered cases of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) in Jammu and Kashmir has shown an increase over the years.
The solid waste pollution problem in the wetland started after the trash guard (a wire mesh gate), which was installed at the spot where water from flood spill channel flows into Hokersar for stopping trash entering into the wetland.
Once regarded as a promising and inclusive form of transit for women, the Ladies Special Transportation Service faced a disheartening fate when it found no place within the New Smart City framework of Srinagar.
The family of a young cancer patient from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district had to issue an appeal asking people not to donate further as their request for Rs eighty lakh had already been credited in their account in less than 24 hours. By the time of filing of this report on Friday night the amount was touching a whopping one crore rupees.
The data from the National Family Health Survey for 2019-21 reveals that 8% of foetuses are lost due to abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth, whereas 92 percent of pregnancies result in a live birth in Jammu and Kashmir.
“It is the month of June, but the weather feels like winter,” almost everyone can be heard saying the same in Kashmir. But what could be causing such an unusual weather pattern, with temperatures much lower than expected for this time of the year?
A decade ago, the Valley of Saints was alien to the concept of “old age homes” aka senior citizen homes but sensing its need, the Union territory administration has established these homes in all ten districts of Kashmir except Pulwama.
An acclaimed bird photographer from Bangalore has captured Western Tragopan—a globally threatened species of birds in the Kashmir Himalayas, much to the excitement of bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts.
Early marriage among the tribal community is a tradition which is very familiar in J&K’s Gujjar-Bakerwal tribe. Many girls from these communities of Kashmir still face this customary practice, robbing them of their education.
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